Choose the most suitable option to replace the bold part of the sentence: She has the reputation to be an honest leader.

The correct substitution of the bold words is (b) of being an honest leader. After the noun reputation, English idiomatically uses the preposition of followed by a gerund (-ing form) to describe the quality for which someone is known. Hence, the correct structure is:  has the reputation of being … Corrected sentence:  She has the reputation of being an honest leader. Grammatical rule applied: Noun + of + gerund is the standard construction with nouns like reputation, habit, chance, prospect. Example: He has the reputation of being fair and impartial. Why other options are incorrect: • (a) to have honesty: incorrect infinitive structure after reputation. • (c) of being the honest leader: unnecessary definite article the, which makes the meaning awkward and overly specific. • (d) to be honesty: incorrect use of infinitive and wrong word form ( honesty is a noun).